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If You're Here, Who's Running Hell?

September 7, 2009
By Madalou2012 BRONZE, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Madalou2012 BRONZE, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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We had the American dream
We had everything
You ripped it at the seams
We had everything
Things just aren’t right, now
You’re gone, now
I just don’t know, now
You’re gone now
I’m stranded here alone
We had everything
This house is not a home
We had everything
My life came crashing down
You’re gone now
You left without a sound
You’re gone now
I’m sore, I’m aching
We had everything
Hearts are meant for breaking
We had everything
Family isn’t important to you
You’re gone now
Sorry, we’re an inconvenience
You’re gone now
You could’ve told us
We had everything
Except trust
We had nothing


The author's comments:
It's kind've an ode to my dad...

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on Apr. 8 at 5:57 pm
MailleJ15 BRONZE, Belle Center, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
“Common sense is like deodorant. The people that need it most never use it” -Bill Murray

As I read it I sang it in my head (I’m a music nerd as well as a poetry addict) and this will make an AMAZING song!

on Oct. 17 2023 at 7:59 pm
Cutiepie10009, Newton, Massachusetts
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so good one of my favs to

K4D0W BRONZE said...
on Feb. 21 2023 at 1:15 pm
K4D0W BRONZE, Ontario, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
-Mark Twain

"It hurts to think you can love someone so hard, so deeply, only to have them suddenly pulled from you. It makes me wonder if love, in the end, is even worth it at all."
-page 139, Gaslight by Rachael Rose

😶
dang, one of my favorites so far
🖤

on Sep. 21 2022 at 11:41 am
TheRareBreed PLATINUM, Lambertville, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I guess that means we're just products of whoever made us and we don't have much control. The thing is, when people use that phrase, they ignore the most critical part: the falling. Within the logic of that saying, the apple falls every single time. Not falling isn't an option. So, if the apple has to fall, the most important question in my mind is what happens to it upon hitting the ground? Does it touch down with barely a scratch? Or does it smash on impact? Two vastly different fates. When you think about it, who cares about its proximity to the tree or what type of tree spawned it? What really makes all the difference, then, is how we land.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

This was amazing work, Truly fantastic. Im curious if you'd mind if I created a song out of it and got it to you somehow, as I feel like it would make a good remembrance to him. Let me know and please keep writing, - TheRareBreed

on Apr. 15 2021 at 1:13 am
12376-astravo SILVER, Centennial, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
" A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, or because everything she does is golden. A writer is a writer because, even though there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway." - Junot Diaz

" Overnight Success is almost a myth. Half of this industry is luck, and half is the refusal to quit" - Victoria Schwab

Bro. You did so good. I can relate to this but with my birth mom. So yeah. Great Job. Keep up the great work.

on Mar. 25 2019 at 9:39 am
Xx_KodaWolf_xX, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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I can relate to this so much... especially the last line

on Dec. 12 2014 at 1:25 pm
AllSoPlayfulWhenYouDemonize BRONZE, Richmond, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"Our passion is our strength."
-Billie Joe Armstrong

Same.  But I like it.

on Oct. 3 2013 at 8:54 am
This is sort of how I feel, too. My father has never shown that he cares for his family and sometimes I just wish I had a real dad. Great work, it's very emotional!

on Sep. 20 2009 at 6:08 pm
Brittaner DIAMOND, Edenton, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"words are just songs without the corny elevator music behind them"
-Me (random thought)

Awsome. I can see all the diffrent emotions you felt and everything. Keep up the awsome work

on Sep. 19 2009 at 6:53 pm
emo.panda101 BRONZE, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
iam the greatest dork!!

i love this but i dont get it